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Experts say that gut bacteria could lead to radical new anti-aging treatment (Photo: Pixabay)

AI may help identify bacteria quickly and accurately: study

The automated system could help alleviate the current lack of highly trained microbiologists.

16 Dec 2017 5:13 PM IST

Eating out will get cheaper from Wednesday as the GST Council has slashed rates on food served in AC and non AC restaurants to 5 per cent. (Photo: Pexel)

Repeated mild food poisoning may trigger chronic disease, finds study

Study revealed how past history of minor bacterial infections could add up with age to cause a severe inflammatory...

22 Dec 2017 1:07 PM IST

A controversial chemical, which is used in the manufacture of plastics and is thought to interfere with sex hormones (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's why you should stop re-using plastic bottles

Plastic bottle being constantly replenished leach chemicals.

28 Jun 2017 8:50 AM IST

The test can produce results within two hours using blood, urine, spit, wound, stool or cerebral spine fluid samples from infected patients. (Photo: Pixabay)

Quicker method to help detect harmful bacteria developed

The process takes lesser time than most methods to detect the bacteria in hospitalised patients

6 Feb 2017 5:07 PM IST

Money it turns out is a storehouse for bacteria and virus, not to mention traces of DNA and drugs (Photo: Pixabay)

Money ain't all that good!

Currency notes contain a range of bacteria and viruses say new study

22 Jun 2017 2:32 PM IST

A drugstore employee removes baby milk boxes from the stock in Anglet, southwestern France. Photo:AP

Baby formula recalled worldwide over bacteria scare

Lactalis, one of the world's largest dairy groups, said it was warned by health authorities in France after which it...

12 Dec 2017 2:57 PM IST

Using anti-bacterial wipes on kitchen surfaces and regularly cleaning the mug can pay huge dividends in terms of maintaining a healthy workforce. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds office teabags contain 17 times more germs than a toilet...

According to scientists, the average bacterial reading of an office teabag was 3,785, in comparison to only 220 for a...

12 Dec 2017 9:39 AM IST

The balls provide shade, cool the water and cut down evaporation.

Dry days: Shade Balls and saving water

How A few lakhs of these tiny little balls can save a water body from bacteria and evaporation.

14 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST